BY HENRY J. ST_ =
3 7 Tir YEAR.
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THE BIBLE.
GO fling the gaudy robe a.ide.
Unbind the jewel from thy hair,
And caning thoughts of eArth
Oh! maiden, bend thY heart in prayer,
And turn thee to the page of truth.
Then seek the guiding lore of heaven,
Coutt,els that well may guard thy youth,
And teach the love to mortals given.
Let men with impious spirits dare
The &lc red word of God to
And sculling hopes and condorts there,
From all its blessed precepts turn.
But ue'er should woman, weak and frail,
g it I g . I
When earthly hopeg ,so often fail,
11 here shall she turn on earth beside r
Oh ! w lien the heart is sad and lune,
And wearily the spirit droops.
And blessings perish one by one..
And pass away our youthful hopes :
Where should the drooping spirit turu,
Hut to that •page of sacred truth
Where wisdom may true linos ledge learn.
And age know brighter hopes than oath
"ciert itliticellam).
A Merited Rebuke.
Among the good things that pass before us,
we have rarely found anything better than-the
• following-merited rebuke, told by a western
correspondent. He says: "At Lafayette, a
Well dressed man, accompanied by on interest
ing-looking lady, evidently his wife, and two
sweet little children, entered the cars. He was
of short stature, with a-short, turned-up nose,
a short, thick lip, small eyes. and impercepti
ble eye-brows. The lady had a pleasing ex
pression in her pale countenance, that bore
the impress of suffering patience. Her younger
child appeared sick. and tossed fretfully on
-her wearied_knee. The other soon grew tired
of the irksomeness of the and became fret
ful and impatient. The man, for i cannot call
him a gentleman, lay lazily reading a paper,
lOunging on a whole seat he" monopolized to
himself; though other passengers were stand
ing. At length, the lady perfectly unable to
attend to the-two little ones, in a tone of gen
tleness that had something of fear in it, be
sought-him to attend to the wants of the elder.
She was answered in a loud and abrupt tone
that attracted everybody's attention: 'Don't
bother me!' Her eyes dropped ; a look of
mingled sorrow and shame came over her face,
but she said not a word. A few moments af
terwards the Conductor, Mr. Paul, came along,
and the man inquired of him the distance to
Michigan City. With a tone modeled to the
life after that previously used by his interro
gator. Paul hissed out, 'Don't bother me !'
The man's eyes glared fury, 'as he demanded
the reason of such an insult, and threatened to
resent it unless a proper apology was offered.
shall offer iierapology- for my language,' said_
the noble-hearted conductor, •neither will you
resent it ; for a man who deems himself injured.
by having applied to him the same language
be has disgraced himself by applyincr ° to a la- -
dy, is too little of a gentleman to be apolo
gizt-d to, and too much of a coward to dare to
resent it !' "
Rounding a Period.
A subscriber in the West, remitting his an
nual subscription, apperds the following :
Squire, J— recently aspired to represent
this place in the next Legislature, and in hopes
of obtaining the nomination be seized all favor
able
_opportunities to address the million. A
few nights since there was a caucus at the
school house, when Squire J— delivered one
of his flowery speeches, which terminated
somewhat as follows:
"I say, fellow citizens, that the inalienable
rights of man are paramount and catamount
to all others, and he who can not put his hand
on his heart, and thank -God that nothing is
rankling within, deserves to lie in a bed—in a
bed —I say, gentlemen, he deserves to lie in a
bed—in a bed—"
"With cracker crumbs in it," shouted out
the shrill voice of a person anxious to round
the period. The laugh was tremendous, and
it is doubtful if the Squire gets the nomination.
It is supposed that the cracker crumb man is
the - father.of a..small faMily, and has experi
enced the delights of such a bed.
3.l7"OrderS of the day !" said Mrs. Partin;-
on - to a fri end w holt ad Jaken - a — sciat - With - leer
ft the gallery of the Senate chamber, at the
-ame time taking her knitting work from the
old "ridicule." "Orders of the day, indeed !
sere they are talking about the State being as
ich as a Jew, and yet they are all the time do
ng business by orders, though they have a
:ood many bills handed in that I s'pose they
aren't got the money to pay. Depend, nn it,
hey'd got along a good deal better if they paid
cash. Legisla tering," continued she. 'ls a
rest duty, and it is a real treat to sit up here
v;th my knittin'-work and see 'cm make mo
ions at each other, and do other - curious
cts : though there are some contrary minded
mes sometimes among 'em, that I'd like to
lave the dealings with. I wouldn't treat them
easy as the president, for he don't -em m to
Pare whether they are contrary minded or
ot." She dropped a stitch here, when the
-ergeant-at-arms blandly requested that conver
.ttion should be suspended in the gallery. and
_ke amused hitnself by watching the Indian in
he coat of arms, with the query in hi• mind if
were - nE7.7!. - ofa - cirtnti - eirmlnrel •
a pigeon wing in the hope ofa repeal of the
Maine la w .2Bosbin
young lady once said that sh'e was
careless of her dress -in going to the theatre.
where people were too attentive to the play to
observe what she had on : but in going to
church she was very pnrtioula-. as everybody
goes there to look around and see how cvt-rv
body else is dressed.
t . : 7 = - Kind words, donutr•ost mtteh.
never Llit.ter the tongit , or lip. .Ind We ilave
ieVev lur:rd niiy a I I.lll'Z' f!kgll
tai i ~,r:cr
a j'ilraupaprr----12runtrli to ulitira, '3lgrirnlturr, ritrrnturr, arts. R uh I r i rE tt s , 3 - vnthrti, ortaral Evnadir nnh Intl* 3ntrilignar, filburrtising, Ilmusrnirut,
Mos - cow Never Burned.
Senator Douglas is said to have made the
discovery, while traveling in Russia last year.
that the city of Moscow was never burned !
The following statement of the matter is from
the 'Muscatine (lowai Inquirer :
'•(truing up on the bout a few days ago, we
happened to fall ;n company with Senator
way to Warsaw.. In the Course of a very in
teresting account of, his travels in Russia; much
of which have been published by letter-writers.
he stated a fact which has never yet been pub
lished, hut which startingly contradicts the re - -
ceived histOrical relation of one of the most
extraordinary events that ever tell to the lot of
history to record. For this reason, the Judge
said he felt a delicacy in making the assertion
that the city of Mot-cow was never burned'.
Ile said that previous to his arrival at Mos
cow he had several disputes with his guide as
to the burning of the city, the guide declaring
it never occurred, and seemed to be.nettled at
Mr. Douglas' persistency in his opinion, but
on examining the fire marks around the city
itself lie became satisfied the guide was,correet,
The statement goes on to set forth that the
antiquity of the architectural city 7 --particular-.
ly of••six hundred first class churches," stretch
'lo $ 8 I co v• • ..rs
times, and showing the handiwork of differ
- eat nations of history—demonstrates that the
city was never burnt down (or up:) The In
quirer adds:
Th:. Kremlin is a space of several hundred
acres, in the heart of the - city; in the shape of
a flat-iron, and is enclosed by a Wall sixty feet
high. Within this enclosure is the most mag
nificent palace in Europe, but-constructed over
an ancient palace, which remains thus enclosed,
whole and Perfect, With all its windows, etc:
Near the Kremlin, surrounded by a wall, is
a Chinese town, appearing to be several hun
-tired years old, still occupied by descendants
of the original settlers.
The circumstances which gave rise to the
error concerning the burning of Moscow, were
these : It is a city of 450,000- inhabitants, in
circular form, occupying. a large 'Space, five
miles acres. Thole the winters are six
month.; long, and the custom was, and still is,
to lay up
,supplies of provisions and wond to
last six months of severe cold weatheicA) To
prevent these gigantic supplies from cumber
ing the heart of the city, and yet render them
as convenient as practicable to every locality,
a row of wooden houses was constructed to
circle completely around the city, and outside
of these was a row of granaries,' and in these
were deposited the whole of the supplies. Na
poleon had entered the city with his army and
was himself occupying the palace of Kremlin,
when one night by order of the Russian Gov
ernor, every wood-house - abd -- every granary
simultaneously burst into a blaze. All efforts
to extinguish them were vain, and Napoleon
found himself compelled to 'Marc his army
through the fire. Retiring to al minence, he
saw the whole city enveloped) r vast sheets of
flame, and clouds of smoke,4ipparently all on
fire: And so far - a4. he was concerned it might
as well have been, for though houses enough
were left to supply every soldier with a room,
vet without provisions of fuel; and a Russian
army to cut off supplies, he and his army
could not subsist there. During this fire some
houses were probably burnt, but the city was
not, In the Kremlin -a magazine blew -up,
cracking the church of Ivan more,than a hun
dred feet up, but setting nothing on fire.
Mr. Douglas saw the fire marks amund the
city, where wood-houses and g ranaries for
winter supplies now stand as of old, hut there
appear no marks of conflagation within the
city. On the contrary, it bears the unmis
takable evidences of age.
A SINGULAR CIIA ILACTER.— HIS BrRIAL.—
The Auburn Daily Adverliser 'mentions the
death at Wreedsport. Cayuga county, on the
2Gth ult., of one Harmon ;Weedon. aged 80.
He had acquinA a handsome competency. and
luau years ago made all the arrangements for
his burial. lie constructed for himself a stone
coffin of the Cayuga limestone, well finished.
the cover setting over the sides on a rabbited_
shoulder, and bolted together. with six half
inch bolts,, running through, from top to bot
tom, and secured with counter sunk nuts. . Ile
requested to he buried in that, with "his cloak
wrapped "around him." and no minister was to
be allowed to come near him. His coffin
weighed one thousand five hundred pounds,
and he gave particular directions how to lower
him into the grave. All of his directions were
explicitly followed, and by his directions the
coffin was not only bolted but cemented to
gether so as to be water tight.
THE RIMIEST SELItWE EVER HEARD or. —We
find an account in the u✓ast Brooklyn Tinzes.
of a new method of"raising the wind," as well
as the dead, in that city, which takes down
anything in the diddling line of the season, and
indicates the extent and pressure of the hard
times. A female called a few da 's - since on
-orf - some influence in and told
a sad and plaintive story of snfierinn• and pri
vation, and moreover, that her husband had
just died, and that she lacked the means of a
decent burial. Her tale of woe so wrought
-- don the lady, that she proceeded to visit her
immediately, to satisfy herself there was no
imposture. On entering the apartment, she
beheld the cotEn, and was satisfied_ all was
right. and not wishing to harrow the feelings
of the be -eaved woman, she left her a consider
able sum of money, and immediately departed.
After passing .two or three blocks from the
dwelling, thinking all the way of the strange
complexions to which we are liable, she miss
ed her pocket handkerchief and returred to
see if she had not dropped it in the house.
The stairs were ascended hastily, and the room
entered without much ceremony, when what
did she behold—the woman's husband sitting
up in the coffin counting over the money!
little girl had been playing in the street
until she had been well covered with dust. Tn
ing to,waskit_Off she didn't, use enough of
water to prevent the dust from rolling np in
little halls upon her arms. In her trouble, she
applied to her brother. a little boy older than
herself. for a solutidn of the mvsterv. It. was
explained at on;:e—to his satisfaction. at least :
IA by, Nis, you'r rauvle clu-zi. awi if you don . '
stop you II - a ash yourself away !" This ()pin
cominz fr()111 an old r• hro'lv-r. v. a, th.ci
sive. and the %%-nshin,r ‘va::
ill ia far von are ft Tr , ef . i
s : 4i,l a bright.eyei_iirl to her sweet - heiii - t -- t - hT.- --
ot her (1.3.3r
tw0
tire. I have
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1855.
. "Wife, (hic) do yer think the Lord means
(hic) to burn us nll(hic) in fire everlastin'-r_
' a ' • '% more than human patience could
endure, rind she couldn't hold her tongue any.
longer ; she'd-speak out if she died for't ; "No !
yer old fool yer ! nut if he wails for yer 1. split
the wood!"
. a neighboring county, one of the political
parties had, for over twenty years, been in the
habit of holding their county nominating -con
ventions at the house of Mr.
Be happened on a recent occasion, for the
first tune, to he in when they .had finished
Weir tipsiness. and heard a little delegate from
R. move that "this convention do now adjourn
sine die."
"Sine die," Rnirl Mr. G , to a person
standing near. "where's that'?"
"Why that's away up in the northern part of
the county," said tl►e neighbor.
''Hold on, -if you please, Mr. Cheerman,"
said G.. with great earnestness and emphasis
•hold on, sir. I'd like to be heard on that
question. T have kept a public house now
for aiiir'n 20 years, and lam a poor man. I've
always belonged to• the party, and never split
my ticket in my life. This is the most central
location in the county.and it's where We _allers
held our (=cusses. I've iii_ver had, tir . 'asked
an office, and have worked night and day for
the party, and now I think, sir, it's contempti
ble to go to adjourning this convention way up
to sine die !"
Goon Looic.—"Brudder Rolfes. can you
tell me de difference 'tween dying and dieting?"
"Why, ob course I can, Samuel. When you
diet you lib on nollin, and when you die you
ltab noffin to lib on."
"Wen dat's different from what I tort it was.
I tort it was a race 'tween de doctorin stuff and
starwation, to see which would kill fust."
A FISH. TAT WOULDN'T BlTE. —"Mother,"
said a little boy the other day. "I know what
I woUld do if I was at sea, and all the men were
starving, and they should draw lots to see who
should be killed.and eaten, and it 'should come
to me.—ld jump into the water."
"But," said the mother, "they would -soon
fish you up."
"Ah !" said be. "but I wmildn't bite!"
' r - =' At a down cast • revival" meeting, one
old lady prayed fervently for the "young lambs
attic flock." A 'lady in black." not to he out
done by Sister IValton, responded, and blandly
asked who waf. to pray for "the old ewes."
This set the congregation in a roar.
[ll7"—When a than conies home and tries to
bolt the door with a sweet potritoe, pokes the
fire with the spout of the coffee pot, attempts
to wind up his clock with his boot-jack, tries
to cut kindling for his morning fire with an
ivory paper-knife, takes a cold boiled potatoe
in his hand to light him to bed, and prefers: to
sleep in his hat and boots, you may reasonably
infer that he has been making the acquaintance ,
of some very friendly people.
Z*7 - An illiterate person, who alwaysyolnn
teered to "go round with the hat," but was
suspected of sparing his pocket, overhearing
once a hint to that effect, replied : "Other gen
tlemen puts - down what they thinks proper,
and so do 1. Charity's a private concern, and
what I give is nothing in nobody."
A nice young army officer, now in Con
stantinople, rt t ites to his cousin in London,
that the concluding line of Payne's popular
ballad. "There is no place like home," is 'de
cidedly more poetical than true. "Constanti
nople," he writes. "is 1/u place. Here, for the
paltry sum of £501) sterling a year. a man of
moderate desires may live like a priuce—com
mothous habitation—the best of wine--the
most glorious tobacco—three beautiful wives.
and no going to church !" A soldier's pars.
dise, truly !,
RELATIoNsim..—A Hoosier' girl stepped on
board asu..ain boat as shewas lying at a certain
point on the Ohio titer, and called out the
captain aboard ?"
The captain. who was standing among the
crowd, responded, ‘•Yes, what do you want
with him ?'
"Oh. nothing particular ; he's a distant rela
Lion of mine, and I'd like to see him."
"A relation of yours ?" inquired the captain
seinew hat surprised.
"Yes, a slight relation. Hu's the father of
my first child. ' •
You'd belle; believe the captain sloped, while
the crowd eyed the sport to their heart's con
tent.
NEW I EN4TON - N CLOTIIINi;.-.1 tailor
in 1/,ndon has invented a waistcoat, on the
principle of Colt's revolver—a garment with
fair flows, useful either to secure the charm
of variety, or twonceal shabbiness or grease
spots : hot particolally convenient as lessening
baggage by reducing Imir waistcoats to one.
771110 a law ut
ri
cut, a ser•uu tor the thoughtful. a library
1;,i• tia por 1. 1; t:1,17, -, tiluola;F; thr imliffetent,
it may also instruct the u l oNt prof
(To,. pwito.t: or (k-ror is a pi;:.
thr0t...2,1: a holy in Lip! Iziq
()lily a few inches i..)ey.Aid hi,
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nil , ' a rifleli
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A Definite Conclusion.
Noah - B was unfortunate enough in
his old age to be addicted to rather strong po
tations, and when under the influence ofspirits,
was more than usually religious. Now one
Saturday afternoon, baking day, his wife, who
was a very industrious old lady, and in every
way a model housewife, asked Noah to go out
oven with. Noah concluded before he set about
it, to staz v t off to_ the tavern and —inibibe," .
whereby, of course, the baking was neglect
ed. Coming back in a short time, and utterly
oblivious of his s good woman's request, he seat
ed himself in the old armchair. Noah was
very much attached to that old chair, for,
like himself, age had made it. tottering in the
legs, and soniew hat weak in the back.
Wife," said he, "do yer think the Lord in
his goodness (hie) kin send us into fire everlast
ing "
No answer from his wife.
-Wile, kin the Lord intend to burn us all in
tire' t. vei Justin' ?" •
by this time 'vas quite in
censed at her tiusbaud's derelictions ; _still no
answer.
A Political Joke.
TRUTH IS :NIGHTY, AND WILL PREVAIL. 9'
Those calm and rational exhOrtations to
-A.-Take it-coolly,"- and- .ANever_cry_lbrispilt
m ilk," are till very good, till they are needed.
They are extremely salutary before the fever
kindles or the milk is spilled : but in the pres
ence of.pain, or on the advent of a disaster, to
all hut those who are gifted with fortitude •by
Of affliction, they are about 'as effectual as
whistling in the teeth of a nor'wester.
Their utter impotence in a storm of passion.
reminds us of 'the diiections:given by a good
N. England Deacon to his choleric - son:
"Whenever you' Wet your dander rising,"
said he, ‘, , be sure to say the Lord's Prayer,
my son, or else the alphabet clean through :-
,i and long before you get to the cend on't you'll
he as cool as a cucumber, or an iceberg. Prom
ise the faithfully. my son." • .
•'Yes, daddy, I promise."
Olf trudged Jonathan - to school. carrying his
bread rind meat, with a small bottle of molt's- .
ses in his jacket pocket, and his late firm
promise uppermost in his mind.
A boy, who bore hiM an old grudge, met
him, and after calling hint the .'young deacon,"
and many other scurrilous nicknames, caught
Vim off his guard, and threw him to the ground,
tearing his jacket and breaking , his molasses
I bottle.
Up jumped Jonathan, his eyes wolfish, and
his lips white with rage. But "there was nil
oath in !leaven," and he did not forget tt. So
he proceeded to swallow his alphabetical pills,.
an antidote to wrath not 'mentioned in the
-Regimen Salernitanum," nor recognized by,
the British College.
"A, B. CL-you've tored my jacket E,
F—you've spilt my 'lasses !=t;, 11. T., J. IC
you're a 'Ennui' rascal !—L, M. N. 0. P. Q
I'll learn von better manners, you scamp, you !
S. T, spile yer picter. you old
wall-eye !—W. X. Y. Z —now I'll pound your
insides out o' you, you darned encroachin'
willian !"
And with that. Jonathan, whose passiail had
been mounting alphabetically throughout all
his father's prescription of vowels and cons°.
nants, caught the young, scapegrace, and
throwing him down. was proceeding to work
off each of the Deacon's twenty-six: anti.irasci-
Lae pills in the shape of a dozen hearty fisticuffs,
had .not the timely approach - of a passenger
interrupted the manipulations. So much for
rules to control the passions.—K , ackob9clicr.
Among the visitors at Washington is Judge
Williamson. of Texas, commonly known as
"Judge Willy."
Judge Willy was once presiding in St. Au
gustine county, when a legal bully -attempted
to intimidate hint. Thompsdn, having suc
ceeded in ''packing a jury" to suit his Par•
pou s, turned his attention to the court, and re
marked.
‘'lf your honor please,.here is the law which
govern this case," at the same time drawing
a bowie knife - of unusual size, and laying it
across an open book before him.
Fore-warned. was ..Indge Willy,
and drawing from beneath his hunting-shirt,
not a Nit, but a h9ro, pistol, he very,calmly
rejoined--
"This, sir, is the constitution, and is para
mount to the law."
Sheridan had, a • great distaste for 'anything
like metaphysical disCussions, whereas Torn
had taken a liking for them. Tom one day
tried to discuss with I►is father the doctrine of
necessity.
"Pray, my good father," said he, "did you
ever do anything in a state of perfect indiffer
ence —without, motive, I mean, of bOllle .kind or
other?"
"Yes, certainly !" . .
"'lndeed ?" ~
"Yes, indeed !"
"What, total indifference—total, entire,
thorough . indifference ?"
—Yes, total. entire. :horongh indifference !"
'•lkly dear father, tell tile What ir. it. that you
ran do with—mind—total, entire; thorough in
difference?"
"Why, listen to you, Tom !" said Sheridan.
This rebuff. as Tom told me, so disconcerted
him, that he had never forgotten it, nor had he
ever again troubled his father with any of the
Metaphysi cs. —Moore's Memories.
(I:7'The wife of the owner of one of the In•
(liana free banks, being in company with some
friends, the all-absorbing financial crisis be.
came the theme of conversation. The lady
above referred to, remarked that she hoped her
husband's bank would "hold out till the fall
rains came on in that case there would be no
danger of its breaking
: before next May. —
When interrogated for an explanation, she gave
as the reason for the faith that was in her, that
the place in which the bank was located could
not be approached after the fall rains on ac
count of the mud.
17 - During the last war, a Quaker WAS on
board an American-ship-engaged in close com
bat with an enemy. IlirtiFeserved his pence
principles calmly until he saw a stout Briton
climbing up the vessel hy,a rope which hung
overboard. Seizing a hatchet, the Quaker look
ed over the side of the ship and remarked:
•Friend, if thee wants that piece of rope, thee
may have it," when suiting the action to the
word. he cot oil the rope, and down went the
poor fellow into the briny deep.
7 - " Did you pull my nose in earnest, sir?"
•Tertainly, I did, sir." "It is well you did.
for I do not allow people to juke with me in
that way."
rj7 - Potatoes were unknown in Europe previ
ous to the 16th century. Queen Anne, wife of
James-I, of England, had them as a luxury,
that cost 4:5 cents a pound._ • •
D o esticks says , : he eschewed the milk
placed on the table ol his New York Hotel. for
ho; coffee. on ac-count of the number of Bugs
that had found a watery grave in it.
v—be
the policy ; alit Ike next best'is ti policy
'.."7•The Tact instance• of modesty is that of a
~,,m g l a dy who refil,cd to wear a watch in her
),t ruse it had !,malls on it.
pray. porn. fresh turnins and
rt ,,herrius arf. ninnn c ; the regular f l ares at
tti._ h9telz, iu flutida.
reep CooL
The "Law" and "Constitution."
Mr. Thompson peaceably acquiesced.
Sheridan and his Son Tom.
The Beauties of Kno*-Nothingism. ' 'to. - Those who experience the true =Amer~c*u
-
-We call the special attention of enir readers feeling could jot n thi s tantisl a very 1 party: And
he based his prediction ori this new inovein*bt,
to_the.speech_oliMr—Littlejohn. the Speaker' ifp
in which awn who felt the yuke of the other
the New York ITouse.of Repretuntativea, up.
the subject of ,Know-Nethingistn. Its bean-
erganization.'wofild turn to this for relief ind
ties are' faithfully set out, and forcibly- pre-
power to overthrow the others. Therefore,
'could tin oath. which was in ,iFieltition of- a
rented
Mr. Littlejohn (the Speaker) hati,stipposed inan's,conscience; be binding. 'The sin was in
_ • . , intentbinall takin such an o 1 + , exon
side - it one-which he enght` , 'bow in be for
given.: - It was a sin against his country: :It
was like, an oath to commirmorder. ,It was a
twialler of the man's rights. If a man breaks
a wicked oath, would the - Creator ptinish him=
for it ? • No: Ile was willing to - risk his
reputation and all else upon it. And so will
the. 130.000 othcrs, when they will .colue to
have calmly considered this question. He had
read - an Oath ptiblished by this Association,
taken in'the third degree, in Arhich
nie.. are TO•
paired to swear they will Noldivolee the secrets
14e,socivly. even 6 . sfure a le,ol.tril!unal.
be the last he would have to say
,on this ques
tion. But since then nothing but charges upon
charges had been made upon his•character.as
a man. As to his connexion with the Know
Nothings he would tell all he knew of
,it. Last
March. 'while a member of this House, gome of
his friends asked him to attend a lecture. He
went with them ton romn, where-he was as-.
slued- by the officers of the Society that , he.
was to do mad( 7,, against which his conscience :
would revolt. Ile was asked to make a prem.'
ise. He did not' make the promise, but if his
recent course was treason, make the mostofit:
If he-had perjnred himself, snake the most of
it: lie now declared himself opposed to the
Trinciplei of this Association. As to his pledge
•to vote against 'William H. Seward,' rooted
might be his tongue to his mouth if he ever;
made,such a pledge. —lle would give as briefly,
ns he could. a complete exposition of the Know
Nothings': but he would say, front the moment'
he left that room in this city, to this, never
entered it again.,- It was enough for him to say
that he saw .in Mal roam *what tvoubi prevent ,
an honest man from ever entering again. As
to who he saw theie, their names would never
be divulgedby.linn-.. .The organization, in its
original-idea, was siMph , the , bunding of men
on one side, to meet the "banding of men on
the other. But - no pOlitical' nomination' vills
tobe made. And 'thus far it . was right. But
what was it now ? Was it an institution, to
which an honorable man—A freeman—a Chris
tian—could belong? lie' thought it was not.
lie believed men here belonging to it who Were
honest, but. they were deceived by political
tricksters. In July last a Grand, Lodge was
organized, called a Grand Council, Go to
New 'York and 'you 'find the Grand President;.--
J. W. Barker—occupying a poWer tivthe State
equal to a menarche—And' this Grand Presi
dent alone appoints,one,deputy in each county ;
and what sort of a man will this deputy be ?
Why a second self. And what does this 'dep
uty do? Ile is armed with the power to Cre
ate as many lodges in the towns of the State -
as he -pleases. lie selects _nine' men as the
nucleus of th(cse lodges, to establish them ; this
second self of 'J. W. Barker selects three dele
gates to the Grand 'Council, to . - make nomina-
How and .oaths to /livid hmiy. and mu!
,qf the
iu
nncen! members al the Order. These, officers
are Alms the creatures of one ;man-4aines "W.
Barker, in New 'York.
•Did ever a man conceive anything so bumble
in a „Republican , Governutent.—These,' dele
gates are to remain as such'three years: Two
hundred lodges send tints '6OO men 'to this
Council ; allnf,whom.are the creatures of Bar
ker. , The duty of these trum—this Grand
Council is to make oaths to bind, men who arc
invited to hear lectures and to Makti no nomi
nations !. Original KnoW-Nothingism was 'to
use influence against foreign influence.—'Phis.
as a Whig, he, Mr. L.. could 'go,with.. Mr..L.
had rend here proceedings of the Grand Coun
eil. the' purport of which Was, that no delegate
was to be receiverl who did not sustain' their
State ticket; and - members-not voting for Ull
man, were expelled. .Mr. L. commented on
these proceedings. - pointing out their tyranny.
lie inquired if in Europe there' wart any power
so despotic.'. Had anything in this broad land
ever been heard of equal to this I Was. ever
a man called upon and-required to say,
,under
oath, whether he did That which the Constitti
tion says he may do? Whether he' voted
against u certain man ? And -what was the
crime of voting fur Gov. Clerk ? And yet this
Society called American. expelled men for vot
ing for Gov. Clark. Was such a SocietY worthy
of the name of Ameriein ? .4nil he would pre.
diet that in twenty : lOW. ;Torahs no man will be
found who will acknowledge his connection unth
such a political engine. Who were the men on
this Executive Committee ? lie would not say
it of all, but some of them were men of broken
reputation; whose names — i — oirron the criminal
calender of New York ; men corrupt.
There was another power centered with these
nine men, which was that any five men of
these. Councils may reject or blackball any ap
plicant. , Was this Democratic V But why
was this? Why, .James W. Barker might lose
the power and control he bad. The scheme
was perfect, and could not be altered in three
years. There was no power to alter it. It
has been said the Councils may instruct these
three delegates, to overcome the designs of J.
W. Barker. But this is not true.—The by
laws gave the right of appeal to J. W. Barker
. from the Councils to the Grand Council. These
schemes are perfect; they are not known to
the masses ; had not been to him. but he had
learned them since his arrival in Albany. Mr.
L. had read resolutions, directing emissaries
to be sent to,-Albany,. to , defeat tile-re-election
of Wm. 11. Seward : as also other proceedings
exhibiting the powers of the Order. These
proceedings were read from a newspaper. The
first resolution, said Mr. L.,.required the col
lection of some thousand men here t o
members here to vole on the Senatorial question.
had the people sent idiots here to represent
them ?
The next was, directing measures to-be ta
ken in regard to offending Councils. And what
was the offence ? They had dared to act in
dependently. The Grand Council had made
nominations, and because some dared to eser
..
else their rights, as freemen, to go against the
nominations; not knowing, perhaps, they had
been made : they were to be expelled. If this
Grand Council could do this much, what was
there they might not do ? He remembered the
Inquisition—the acts of the Jesuits: but their
powers would be as naught comport - al with this
organization. Who knows but the thumb
screw, the tortures of the Inquisition might
yet be ordained by this New York Council!
But American power and American •Tieemen
will nevei , ht-believed;siThmit - to the establish
ment of this Organization. Mr. L. had read
proceedings of a Council in Brooklyn, which
took place last November. denouncing the
ae
tibm of the Grand Council. He only had. this
scar to Intrnad ntready commenced,
which would be carried out throughout the
State. Ile meant that this political engine
would be hurled from power in this State.
'there already exists another tiiganization
which carries out that principle.
Ile found published in the. Times resolutions,
to all of which he could ascent.-11r - formed a
resolntion denounoinr! .z11117«. - ry as t n t h., ri i an d
evil, and all Me others he could assent
TWO DOLLARS
Roth Sides!.
Onr readers 'will remember that 'a short
time 'ago; Senator' ADAMS:of kip.wissippL4e
dared in , ibe ,Senate', thnt Whenever he heard
that Judge flouot.As had been burne!L in effigy
at Chicago, by some painralized
,dermans, he
detetinined to vote for an extensieti"Of' the' na
turilization laws;—that is. in plain; English.
that the act of burning:ayersOn iweltigy
of itself, proof of. untituess to be an American
citizen. • - ,
In the N. X., Nereid,: of Wednesday last,
there was this despatch :. :• -
"Sim AnDITES lIITR!4PiP IN Erptosr:--,4
Feb. 13, 18 . 55Stiatiker' 'Litt lejeltri Wei 'sus
pended in effigy on erosti'andAariseirifi front
of the• Capitol ,last night, And Dr-Thompson
was, treated in the snore style, ,frentof the
‘Journal, office'. 'Considerable, excitement was
occasioned by these seenes." - ''
Mr. LITTLEJOIIN voted for Air. &WARD:IInd
so he offended. the Knote.NotAnuati. who ; there.
fote,:first cruet'fictf, and sfit:rwards:hurried, his
effigy: Whit , then.' aeciirding to 'Mi.' 'A natass,
should he done with thesie
When Mr. AnAsts shall nes tadtleess the Senate
on.this subject, we beglltt . he
point oat the fjilLticy of.'the ,syllogistnwlio
eiter shall burnattother a
difference whin - fit to be
nn American citizen. ~ .Tite- ' ,..- . l(oliwt, N othines.
have both crucified and burned-.'sneh.a.nother
in effigy, therefore, thicti are not fit to he'Atrieri-•-
cannitizens. If his logie .1)w - sound:in:the one
case, it irrefragilde in the otlier„--;Pettn.
Pritetical Itirtts.
ITAVIO*MI WIENAT'IX er n SPIIIN6.=-NaOr•
t•
respondent-44-the- Mic hi g a n : I , nrnter " says that
Mr.,.James Worthington. of Homer, Michigan,
!tad' last spring lot ofWileat Whichleoked so
bad that Wad not , the field, been Seeded down to
clover he•should :have ,pIQWed. it .opAnd sown
it with spring ; crops. :Instead of:doing so. be
took a.‘shiirp straPhairOW" and with ft.'"torei
the land thoroughly tO'pieces:" `th=en rolled
it down with a smooth., , heavy rollet.s,.' This
covered , the, roots again, and they : soon Jook
hold and the wheat began to
~ittiptove.,,, The
field contained some 40 'acres, antl . tho' *nit
is that - "every Acre of it prebebly: yield
over 15 bushelS and, a :majority , of it over 20
bushels"• per ,acre• • -
PIgtuITIING IN 1 011 A NO. - - 7 - correspondent of
th&Touniry 'Gentleman, in reply to affintlithY
a to the best method of applyi nEpguano on clay
says; • u•.• . . „
"I have tried it on clay lop! 'whiCh had been
in grass for five years. On One-half thelfeldi
Plowed qt'in to the de of aboutseveri tinthea,
and on the ot lierhilfharrowed itimAnstplante
ed it all with corn, and staked- off an equal
mimher of hillstrom Tsai part.-4t alfettme up
equally well. • but. byAbo. eittlylpantof. - sump
mei there was a InarkedAitlerence in.tho taro
paks 'Of the' field, iv hiCh 'contitinetlltionghii t o
theSealuM rind'uponhusking. that - Which hiUt.
been plongliedi u.•and, staked off n poruplanting,
produced Woe hoehels. , whde that. which -had
1)(14 harrowed in, produced but five
;;,104ing; the adVintage of okniiikk it In.' even
in , heavy clay soil. • The - Roil was a'Rlitte, anti
the amount used ,about 'two hundred pounds to
the acre., •
Ttruitsysn' AND GItASSIMPPSIts:—It is' stated
by farmers who have tried it, that -there-is no
way in get.rid.of grasshoppers more effect trally•
than by keeping a flock of turkeys. Farmers
that have, been perfectly overrun with: grass
hoppers, have by, this means been .thoroughly
freed from them; not only for'the, time being,
but for years.
. • Pout:rat MANußg.—Have ;this- regularly
swept up, packed away itt hbln.and spriokled
over with plaster. Dana says. With force and
truth: "The'strongest of all manure itilemid
in , the droppings -"of poultry." Save it, than;
and add .to the productive ,energies of your
soil. Don't look upon it as a trilling matter:-
When you gee a fence down, put it np, if
it remains until, to-morrow the cattle may get
over. ' Whit ought to tie done to-day; do it. for
to-morrow it may rain;
[a - Mayor Wood, of New York,,seems .
to be
a thoroughgoing public magistrate. lie 'has
now taken in hand the grocers and others Chu
cheat by false weights and measures. He pro
toses to furnitih a set of weights and measures
for every-station house in the city, twerity-twO
in number, and to place them in chaige-of the
captains of police. These weightiii and meas
ures are to be regulated by those , in 'the City
Hall, which are said to he the only _accurate
ones in use. The police captains ara lobe prix.
legcd to go into a store at any time",,and ex
amine the weights with this test Scales: In
this way the cheats will be pounced upon una
wares.
THE QuEsTitys.--The newspapers
are criticising. Grovernor - Pollock's Message.
The Johnstown speaking of the ,Cover,
nor's discovery that Providence hid placi n g
"limestone everywhere, end just where Must
required," says : "How grateful we ought to
he to Providence for being so kind am to furn
ish 'limestone everywhere; and just where
-must required !' llad a kind Prov . menee
Lrihuted -limestone e%crywhere.' and left node
just where mot required, the business would
have been beautifully botehed."—lli a di„ 4 ,
Gazelle.
(I:7"The Mayor of %Veils% k Va..) last
week got drunk;, when sohei ed. he went be
fore a squire—inormed on hinssell—naid hir
fine. ami then resigned his offi , t.' ,
humid the like betnre
NO. 22.